The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-30

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is right. 1t is evident however, when he
says there wss mo money value involved, :"
that his allusiou as to carelessness was in
regard to the forms" Indolent I may be,
bnt all the same when sixteen-year-old boy
I followed General Hagood and staf-officcr
Captain Stoney over many field and into
the smoke Of the batteries. While the Comp
troller Generals duties may demand such
net SO with !tEe grand jury They are a
sworn body Of iEQuisitors, whose powers
are large and far-reaching. They are author
lied to iInpartially scrutinize closely and
weigh mitigating circumstances. with every
other They are to hear with the dignity
becoming body so responsible, and keep
the outside ,eond beyond their doors When
fair even-handed decision has been reach
eli then, and not till then. make it known,
tirs: to the courts lie. US see now, how near
Mr.. Cooper in his presentment approached
to this ideal How far upholding what has
been the palladium Of popular rights and
Justice. say Ibis presentment on account
Of the fact that he has persisteatly claimed
the Job as his own, and it certainly bears the
'sig manual" of It's paternity. The work
was delegated to him ana we all know, aside
froa his repeated declaration, that during Il
large part Of the time they were putting the
'.eX-auditcr' through the mill, may sny the
whole time be was here alone, a rerisable
Aarius amid the ruins OF Carthage. tbs
Grand Jury, as body, did then Us they 81
ways do, give in their assent to what had
been reported All of t!leir names do not
remember but their were gentlemen in taat
body, who would stick to the last hour cath-
cr than do fellow MAI. All act Of injustice.
shall now take hold o: Mr.. Cooper's pre-
sentiment, this offspring of Night and Chaos,
for in reference to wild statements 1t is only
equaled by the manner II which it was con-
ceived and his conduct while collat:ng things
that bore upon the character and reputation
OF his fellow citizens DID be with disniied
reserve enter into the merits of the investi-
CATION and to prevent tie effort at inquiry
being turned into an engine Of oppression,
keep within himself whatever facts appeared:
If SO, haw came tie correspondent from
sion of his most secret thoughts and designs
that some would be ''barked" others
bruised" which We're literally fulfilled ? e.
.her it was Coopered at SOMEBODY'S shop, or
Mr.. Cooper gave the item OF news. He stood
in the position Of a Judge, and should have
acted thus. Let US suppose that one OF our
circuit judges had begun a judicial inquiry
as to the guilt or innocence of certain per-
sons and before concluding should on the
street corners or at church give to the by
staaders his opinion in full Of the accused,
who would allow him to longer sit in judg-
ment on the case? Follow the illustration
further, and suppose that the person chars-
ed has never had the privilege Of saying one
word in his own behalf and be condemned
unheard and he in stones throw the en-
tire time? Ought not the blaze Of the cen
turv grow dim before an outrage equalling
the days of the Spanish Inquisiticn? Twill
give Mr.. Cooper the credit to say that his
original design was to "oe JUS He pro-
claimed in this town, that his Intention had
been ''to be leniert' but lie had been bad
ly treated" as you will see, thus suffering
personal feelings to guide him in trust so
responsible, and attempting to turn that
blood-bought legacy Ct the ages into an en-
CINE OF oppression. Will give the facts Of
the case that all may see the working Of the
system inaugurated by Foreman Coopera2ti
called Justice. fear the syren voice CT the
tempter whispered in his car, now is the
time to drive your stake" At any rate, II
was noised around that the Foreman was a
candidate. England's great cardinal while
warning Cromwell to ''be just and fear not
still more solemnly charged him to ding
away ambition, for by :Aat sin fell the Az
gels" Ambition! ambition! from righteous
Abel to tie present, the blood OF victims has
stained thy footsteps! VIII man ever be
Just and fear not? MI. Cooper at least Las
made terrible failure. If not, in hcav-
ems name let the Poor House and Court
House go together.
While making the Investigation he hailed
me very pleasantly; and express.
ed his great deligh: at the meeting He said
a certain person (nameless ut tbs ttnse) had
had great deal to say about ny books. and
that he would need some information OF the
subject readily agreed to respond when
ever called upon. lie left. using soIne rare
anathemas on any man, who would try to
tear another down, and build himself upon
the ruins. How gracefully some persons
wear two faces under one hat. But neT=I
was called upon from that day, for any
thing. Once I was invited before them as q
representative for another party. Again ~
summons, to testify and told 1t would require
only five minutes; but concerning another
matter entirely. THIS, an hour or two be-
fore the presentment was read. During that
brief stay I informed the Foreman, that NY
treatment had been rough: that some Of tie
very precautions adopted by ME TO prevent
trouble had been misconstrued and made
the cause Of trouble. But III for no purp.se.
Like an Iowa Justice who, when moon ar
rived, left lawyer pleading eloquertly, with
the information that ''the Court would then
90 to dinner; when his speech was ended to
look IN 9 drawer, designated, and the dec!s-
ion would be found made out the night be-
fore, willie ct iessure.
The wildness and absurtlity Of what was
charged against me shows beyond dispute,
one of two things, that lie acted upon what
had been told him, or the1 willtully misrep-
resented the facts of the case. These are h:s
words. on referring to auditors Office owe
examined the books Of j. Z. Scott. He had
not completed, nor had he touched them. y
Now this almost s1rpassas belief. Had not
touched ther!" He feared some one might
misunderstood the arst half of the sentence,
and give he credit ior 4 partially prepared
book, and clinched The assertion by saying.
nor had he touched item" And tEi: IL
the face of the fact, that the books are there
to show for themselves; tie taxes collected
on what was there and the CoGptroller-G:n-
erals verdict of variance OF sixty odd do
lars only, on the whole, Even t:.is small
sum is not Just one, because there wert
pencil notes, only designed as reminders.
in several places counted as errors. when
rightly they out to have bcea erased and
would have been. General S. says this book
Of 1855 6 would not hold in CONT; Cooper
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